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He is now setting up an Badminton Academy name Mega Badminton Camps, he is manager. He want to make this Camps become an Internatioal Academy for badminton! I think he had good mind and ability to make an successful with his camps. In addition, healso make some fusats court (football) in his home also and his family will take care this work.

The Vietnam Badminton Federation and Ho Chi Minh Badminton Federation have hired a young Indonesian player to help Vietnam’s badminton ace prepare for the coming Olympics.

This is the first time a foreign player has been employed to help a local player practice and sharpen his skills.
Twenty-year-old Adi Pratama, who advanced to the quarterfinals of the World Youth Badminton event in 2007 and is currently ranked 486th in the Badminton World Federation rankings, will be in Ho Chi Minh City for a month from June 22 till July 22.
The US$4,500 cost of hiring the Indonesian will be shared by the Vietnam Badminton Federation and Ho Chi Minh City Badminton Federation.
Explaining the choice of Pratama rather than other, higher ranked players, Hoang Thi Thu Ha, Chairwoman of Ho Chi Minh City Badminton Federation, said, “At this time, the strong players in the region are very busy preparing for the Olympics.
“Also, it would cost much more to hire a more famous player.”
Ha said that the Indonesian player will help Tien Minh, ranked 11th in the world, maintain his form for the London Olympics

Think about it, they could send NTM somewhere abroad to one of the Indonesian Clubs and he would be able to train with a variety of strong players that have different games. The coaching would be good as well as the facilities used.

Now I know the Vietnam badminton association might want to keep NTM within Vietnam for his training, but it makes sense to send him to a club in another country in order to get him more variety for sparing.

This deal is more likely to help Adi Pratama, training with NTM all the time, all expenses payed, and access to one of the best players around at the moment.

So, I would have tried to send him to a club like Djarum, Jaya Raya or KLRC, would have cost a similar amount of money, and he would have more access to sparing. Makes sense to me...

He began playing when he was aged 11, at the Tinh Vo Club in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam and trains twice a day. His mother initially objected to his decision on pursuing a career in badminton, thinking it would affect his studies and that he had no future.
Fortunately, his father supported him.
NTM said at that time he could either take university exams or pursue the sport.
He chose badminton and has never regretted the decision.NTM has shone in the sport of badminton and in the process he has eclipsed many players from countries well established in the sport.

I admire him,it shows what dogged determination,willpower,hard work and a fair amount of talent can do with less than ideal resources. Hope to see a few more like him in Vietnam,including lady players.

I recently saw one of his games and I'm disappointed he isn't sponsored by a better company. He's been in Top 10 for awhile now so why is it so hard for him to get a lasting sponsorship? I'm surprised his contract with Victor ended, but it shouldn't be hard for one of the best players in the world to get a sponsorship with Yonex or something. At least, Adidas should have offer something considering he's got a good ranking and decently well-known in the Asian market?

2013 NTM signed 5 yrs contract with Kawasaki, but in super series tournament or World champinionship he worn YY shirts, even when he was with Victor, he's only making only 5k US a month, for a top 10 world class player, that's insane compare to other players lower than his class in other countries. poor Tien Minh

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